Mr. Schubot was born and raised in Detroit. Growing up, he spent his school vacations helping his father at his jewelry store in Detroit.

Mr. Schubot joined an ROTC program at Michigan State, his son said, and then entered the Air Force as an officer after college. He served two years in Japan.

"When he was in Japan, he met every week with one of the major pearl people in Japan to learn about pearls" and make connections that would help the family's business, Brian Schubot said.

Mr. Schubot's father turned the store over to him in 1970. He moved it in 1975 from Detroit to Big Beaver and Coolidge in Troy. Members of the Ford, Ilitch and Karmanos families were among his clients — and friends.

"He liked helping people celebrate the happy, important occasions of their life, and being a part of those celebrations," Brian Schubot said.

Jules R. Schubot Jewellers closed in 2010 after filing for bankruptcy, a casualty of the banking crisis.

Mr. Schubot loved classic cars and entertaining. He and his wife, Sydell, sometimes attended three charity events a week.

Mr. Schubot served as past Michigan general chairman of the State of Israel Bonds and was past president of the American Israel Chamber of Commerce, the brotherhood of Temple Beth El and the Centennial Lodge B'nai B'rith.

He also served as a board member of the Michigan Cancer Foundation, Oakland Family Services, Boys and Girls Clubs of Detroit, the Better Business Bureau Eastern Michigan, the Michigan Retailers Association and the Detroit Institute of Arts Founders Junior Council.

Mr. Schubot is survived by his wife, Sydell Schubot; children Julie Haimon, Ronald Schubot and Brian Schubot; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Ira Kaufman Chapel, 18325 W. Nine Mile Road in Southfield.